New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday debunked a false claim doing the rounds on social media that internet was going to be snapped in the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
According to the MHA spokesperson, a false tweet with the name of Home Minister Amit Shah was being circulated on social media, where the minister was saying that fixed line broadband and internet will be snapped in the two union terrritories.
However, the tweet is fake, clarified the Home Ministry.
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Claim : A tweet is circulating in the name of Union Home Minister mentioning fixed line broadband and internet in J&K and Ladakh to be snapped.#FactCheck : This tweet is #fake. No such tweet has been done from Union Home Minister’s twitter handle.@PIBFactCheck @DDNewslive pic.twitter.com/2OUlZqBqZK
— Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) June 30, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">Claim : A tweet is circulating in the name of Union Home Minister mentioning fixed line broadband and internet in J&K and Ladakh to be snapped.#FactCheck : This tweet is #fake. No such tweet has been done from Union Home Minister’s twitter handle.@PIBFactCheck @DDNewslive pic.twitter.com/2OUlZqBqZK
— Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) June 30, 2020Claim : A tweet is circulating in the name of Union Home Minister mentioning fixed line broadband and internet in J&K and Ladakh to be snapped.#FactCheck : This tweet is #fake. No such tweet has been done from Union Home Minister’s twitter handle.@PIBFactCheck @DDNewslive pic.twitter.com/2OUlZqBqZK
— Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) June 30, 2020
"#FactCheck : This tweet is #fake. No such tweet has been done from Union Home Minister’s twitter handle," the MHA spokesperson tweeted.
Earlier on June 17, the Jammu and Kashmir administration extended the ban on high-speed internet in the Union Territory till July 8, citing threats of further infiltration by terrorists across the LoC.
Read: Ban on high-speed internet extended till July 8 in Jammu and Kashmir
Pointing out the elimination of many terrorists and maintenance of public order - by preventing misuse of data services by "anti-national elements/OGWs to mobilise crowds at encounter sites...", the order, citing intelligence inputs about infiltration of terrorists, said "services that rely on availability of high speed internet are extensively utilised for coordinating and facilitating infiltration", and hence, extends of the current "directions/restrictions" till July 8, "unless modified earlier".
The order, issued by Principal Secretary, Home, Shaleen Kabra, noted that 2G speed internet is available for post-paid and fixed-line subscribers while pre-paid customers can get access after verification as for post-paid service.
(With inputs from agencies)
